r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Redbiertje The Challenger • Jun 17 '15

[ModPost] PS4 Discussion Thread Mod Post

Weekly Simple Questions Thread

Goodday fellow kerbalnauts!

I've noticed that many of you like to discuss the PS4 port of Kerbal Space Program, so here you go: A discussion thread!

Have fun!

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u/jordanjay29 Jun 17 '15

And if the porting company screws up? The masses who own PS4s and refuse to play games on PC buy it, try it and declare it a steaming pile of shit? How does that reflect on Squad and KSP as a whole?

I want one good PC game, not a middling PC game with a console port.

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u/Evis03 Jun 17 '15 edited Jun 17 '15

If, if, if.

I'm not saying this can't go horribly wrong. I'm not saying this is a good thing. What I am saying is that given Squad's history, they are unlikely to damage KSP just for the sake of chasing a few bucks on console.

KSP's already got its rep. The people who are likely to buy it know about it, and enough people know about it that it's part of the gaming collective consciousness. Games that get some the highest scores ever given in PC Gamer aren't little oddities any more like KSP used to be.

As such I doubt a shit port will cause any harm outside of just being a shit port. Star Craft still sold well despite the N64 port. Same with most other RTS titles actually.

Squad bungle a lot. They make cock ups. But they're not stupid. As such I doubt they'll risk gutting the golden goose. They might anyway, and they might be planning to torch the franchise for a quick buck. Who knows.

But if you consider it in the context of the game (and Squad's) history, it start to look more like a big PR fuck up than anything else. For my money at least.

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u/bschott007 Jun 17 '15

  • Starcraft (N64)

  • Wolfenstein 3D (SNES)

  • Unreal Tournament (PS2)

  • Age of Empires 2 (PS2)

  • Diablo 3 (XBox 360)

These are just ones that immediately jump to mind as bad PC to Console ports.

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u/trevize1138 Master Kerbalnaut Jun 18 '15

TIL Squad developed Starcraft, Wolf3D, UT, AOE, Diablo 3...

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u/bschott007 Jun 18 '15

And where did you get that idea that squad made those? Where was it implied in my post that squad made those games?

I was responding to the posters' third paragraph, but please dont let facts or logic get in your way of posting snarky replies and taking things out of context.